Road to an 800lb Pull

[ehubbard]

8/26/2008 - ME Bench (Again)

I missed my squat session on Sunday due to vomiting my brains out from some sort of stomach bug so I am restarting my training cycle here.

Reverse Band Bench - Average Band
1x5 315
1x3 365
1x1 405
1x1 440 - PR
1x1 455 - PR - This was tough
(+Phenom)
1x2 455
1x2 505 - touch
1x1 525 - touch

Video

DB Rows
1x10 105
1x10 130
1x11 150 - PR

[ehubbard]

8/28/2008 - DE Squat

Foam Box Squat - Strong Band
1x2 285
5x2 325 - first rep was fast, second one sucked, so...
3x2 285

Free Squat - Raw, No Belt
1x20 - 225 - left about five in the tank but these were tough. I was gassed after this.

45 Degree Back Extension
3x12 25

I felt like on all my second reps of the speed squats with 325 I caved my chest and came forward a bit. Need to just get the form down. It feels like its been a long time since I have done speed squats (it's actually been three weeks). On top of that I had set up this three week cycle thinking I would just be doing regular box squats. Add in the foam and the weights are a little high. In fact I think i may stick with the foam for a while. Box squats so early in the morning is tough on my back so the foam will ease some of the impact.

So the local meet that I was going to do has been cancelled, so I am thinking of possibly doing IPA Sr. Nationals or wait and see if the local meet is rescheduled and just do that one. I will probably aim to do the Jersey Power Challenge at the end of January.

[ehubbard]

8/30/2008 - DE Bench

Foam Speed Bench w. Monster Minis
3x3 135
3x3 155
3x3 165

3-Board
2x5 325
1x3 340

Rope Cable Rows
3x10 150/180/200

Gripper
3 sets

H Rows
3x12 20/25/30

Farmers Walk - 40 - 50 yards
1x1 135 in each hand
1x1 185 in each hand
2x1 185 in each hand + 30 lb vest

So I was definetly feeling a bit off today. No PR's. I think that I may have pushed it on the 455 Reverse Band on Tuesday, especially since I followed that up with shirt work. I was going to go for 5 on the 340 to set a PR on the 3 Board but after 3 reps I figured it was best to back off a bit and shut it down. I may also have needed to take a warmup set or two with the 3 board to get used to the board right after using the foam. Speed work was super fast but thats probably more due to the foam than anything else. My whole upper back is fried right now and I really cant figure out why.

[ehubbard]

8/31/2008 - ME Squat

GCB Box Squat w. 3 chains per side
(+briefs)
1x1 410
1x1 460
1x1 500

Deadlift
1x5 440
1x5 470
1x5 495

[ehubbard]

9/2/2008 - ME Bench

5-Board
1x3 365
1x1 405
1x1 425 - misgrooved a bit, but PR

Bench
(+SD Phenom)
1x1 405 - shirt was not on properly
1x3 405 - still off
1x1 405 - shirt still not on properly
Decided to call it quits before I ended up with the bar on my face

CSR
3x8 3 plates / 3.5 plates / 4 plates

Face Pulls
3x 12 130

[ehubbard]

9/4/2008 - DE Squat

Foam Box Squat - Strong Band
(slightly lower box than the previous week)
6x2 305 - form was good this time around

Zercher Squats
1x5 225
1x5 275
1x5 315

GHR
2x8
1x15

[ehubbard]

9/6/2008 - DE Bench

Foam Speed Bench w. Monster Minis
3x3 155
3x3 165
3x3 175

2-Board
1x5 225
1x5 275
1x6 315 - PR, felt like I left 1 more in the tank
1x5 315

Chuck V Rows
3x10

H-Rows
3x12 30

Tate Press
3x10 50/55/60

Roman Chair Abs
3x25

[Lones Green]

nice PR!

[ehubbard]

Thanks Lones! The PRs have been coming every week and I am very grateful for that. Of course when you start counting rep PRs on a **** ton of exercises it becomes much easier to count them. But progress is progress, right?. On the 2-Board I had no lift off so who knows maybe I could hit 8. But, I will save it for another day. It has taken me 12 years to figure out that training to failure does not work for me.

[chris taylor]

Eric,
I cant remeber if i responded to your last email.... My brain is mush...
If you can resend it to me and shoot me a text to remind me

CT

[ehubbard]

9/7/2008 - ME Squat

Chain Squat
(+briefs)
(+4 chains per side)
1x1 375
1x1 415
1x1 465
1x1 505
Had absolutely NO ONE to help me so called it quits there. Plan was to put more gear on and work to 550-600.

Deadlift
1x3 470
1x3 495
1x4 525

GHR with Light Band
3x10

Reverse Hyper Machine with Light Band
3x10 150/180/200

[ehubbard]

Eric,
I cant remeber if i responded to your last email.... My brain is mush...
If you can resend it to me and shoot me a text to remind me

CT

I'll hit you with another email. Hope all is well.

Best,

E

[ehubbard]

9/9/2008 - ME Bench

3-Board
(+3 chains per side)
1x3 225
1x3 275
1x1 315
(+ 4 chain per side)
1x1 315
(+ 5 chain per side)
1x1 315

Video

Shirt Work
(+ SD Phenom)
1x2 405 - no touch
1x1 405 - no touch
(+ Metal Bash)
1x1 405 - no touch, almost
Again, I am having problems with the shirt and getting the weight down. Unfortunately I do not have any video of this hororid display of shirted benching. The Metal Bash is huuuuuuge compared to the SD Phenom that I have on loner.

CSR
2x8 3 plates / 4 plates
1x6 4.5 plates

[ehubbard]

9/11/2008 - DE Squat

Foam Box Squat w. Strong Bands
1x2 285
5x2 325

SSB Good Mornings
1x5 225
2x5 275

Dynaimc GHR
3x8

[Lones Green]

nice dynamic workout man

[ehubbard]

Thanks Man! Speed was a little lacking today as I was dead tired this morning. But I was determined to NOT lower the weight since I will be deloading next week. Stupid is as stupid does. Or I could just put in my head that DE day is not really speed day anymore. In that case I should have put more weight on the bar. Dammit. I think I need to send an email to Jim Wendler about band tension.

Go SFW this weekend!

[Lones Green]

either band tension or metal gear, he loves both

i'm working on it. i feel like ass from cutting this damn weight!

[cphafner]

I posted in your new member thread, but then saw you had a journal and figured I'd post in here

Great to see another finance guy from NYC on the board! Where in Queens is your gym? I currently in Hoboken, but am considering moving to LIC next summer. I can't stand the NYSC atmosphere anymore.

[ehubbard]

I posted in your new member thread, but then saw you had a journal and figured I'd post in here

Great to see another finance guy from NYC on the board! Where in Queens is your gym? I currently in Hoboken, but am considering moving to LIC next summer. I can't stand the NYSC atmosphere anymore.

Coliseum Gym is in Glendale, Queens (http://www.coliseumgym.com/). Not exactly close to mass transit but ts a 2 mile drive from my apartment in Forest Hills. It's FAR from LIC. I got away with box squatting and deadlifting in NYSC (with my own chalk) but I was probably a week or two away from being kicked out. If you are in Hoboken and have a car, there are some gyms near you. Skiba's Barbell is one that comes to mind in Carteret.

Now please change your avatar.

[cphafner]

Coliseum Gym is in Glendale, Queens (http://www.coliseumgym.com/). Not exactly close to mass transit but ts a 2 mile drive from my apartment in Forest Hills. It's FAR from LIC. I got away with box squatting and deadlifting in NYSC (with my own chalk) but I was probably a week or two away from being kicked out. If you are in Hoboken and have a car, there are some gyms near you. Skiba's Barbell is one that comes to mind in Carteret.

Now please change your avatar.

Thanks for the input. I don't currently have a car in Hoboken. If I moved to Queens or Brooklyn I would probably have my car which would open up more options. I can pretty much get away with whatever I want at my current location, but the clientele and trainers drive me nuts. I had a trainer try to correct my bench form the other day and tell me to bring the bar to the very top of my chest just below my neck. It's tough to remain motivated in there. I might look at some of the more serious gyms in the city like Steele. I'm a skinny little bber type, so I don't necessarily need a place that supports powerlifting. Mainly some place that is cool with deads, chalk, etc. Thanks again.

[ehubbard]

9/13/2008 - DE Bench

Speed Bench w. 2 chains per side
3x3 175
3x3 185
3x3 195

MM 5-Board
1x10 225
1x8 275
2x5 315
1x6 315

Chin Up
2x8
1x13

Shirt Work
1x0 405 - handcuffed so I put it right bck in the racks
1x0 405 - dumped on my stomach

Chin Up
1x15

[ehubbard]

9/14/2008 - ME Squat / DL

Deadlift
1x5 440
1x3 495
1x4 555 - PR

Close Stance SSB Low Box Squat
1x5 225
1x5 275
1x4 315

GHR
3x8 45

Back Extension
1x8 40 lb bar
2x8 70 lb DB

Sled - 35 yards forward / 35 yards backward
3 trips - 4 plates

[Lones Green]

nice pulls dude.

[ehubbard]

Thanks Lones.

Deadlifts from Sunday

Video

[ehubbard]

9/16/2008 - ME Bench (Deload)

Floor Press
1x5 225
1x5 275
1x12 275

Chuck V Rows
3x12 130/140/150

Tate Press
3x10 50/60/70

H-Rows
3x12 30

Treadmill Sprints
4x 25 sec - 7.0 incline 9.0 mph